Loom-temple.



Mo. @WJBS. Patentedfab. l2, l90l. E. S. STIMPSON.

LODM TEMPLE.

(Application med June 23, 1900.)

No Model.)

man Famed tries.

EDWriRD S. STlTrlPSON, OF HOPEDALE, MASSACHUSETTS, ASSIGNOR TO THEDRAPEFL COMPANY, OF SAME PLACE AND PORTLAND, MAINE.

LUOlVI- -TIEMPLE.

SEEUIFIGAJIJIQN forming part of Letters Patent No. 668,133, datedFebruary 12, 1901.

Application filed June 28, 1900. Serial No 21,265. lNo model.)

To (1.77 u'hom/ it may concern: catcd at its inner end to straddle theblade 50 Be it known that l, EDWARD S. STIMPSON, a, as at the bifurcatedend being formed a citizen of the United States, and a resident as anupturned hook 0 which normally proof Hopedale, in the county of\Vorcester and jects beyond the face of the pod and cap, as State ofMassachusetts, hareinvented an [mshown. The outer end of the bar has alatprovemeut in Loom-Temples, of which the erallye-Xtendedshoe i, whichslidesaud rocks following description, in connection with the on theextension or car I) of the pod, the slot accompanying drawings, is aspecification, extending through the ear. An upturned like characters onthe drawings representing heel o is secured to or forms' a part of theIQ like parts. bar 0 at the end adjacent. the shoe, the heel Thisinvention relates to loom-temples; and being shouldered at -l to slideon the top of it has for its object the production of a novel thetemple-shah k B, between an abutment 5* construction and arrangement ofparts, the thereon and alugor stop I). also on the shank. temple beingprovided with thread-parting The heel c is normally maintained in thepot5 means by which the filling-thread is engaged sition shown by aspring 5 coiled around a with greater facility and accuracy, the weightstud b on the ear I) and having its free end of the thread itselfassisting in holding it in in engagement with a stud c on the upturnedplace during the operation of the parting part c of the bar 0, the otherend of the means. spring bearing against a shoulder 10 of the 20 Thevarious novel features of my invenpod, Figs. 1 and 3.

tion will be hereinafter described, and par- It will be noted byreference to Fig. 1 that ticularly pointed out in the following claims.the heel c is located above the temple as a Figure l is across-sectional view of the whole, and I have provided an actuator tobreast-beam and part of the lay of a loom engage and operate the templeand thread- 5 with one embodiment of my invention apparting means, theactuator being shown as plied thereto, the temple being shown in norahunter or projection a Fig. I, mounted on mal condition. Fig. 2 is aside elevation,eu the lay above the shuttle-raceas, for inlarged, of thetemple shown in Fig. l; and stance, on the reed-cap B. When the lay Fig.3 is a top or plan View thereof. heats up, the hook is brought intoposition 30 My invention, so far as the thread-parting beneath thefilling-thread extended from the means is concerned, is particularlyadapted selvage toward the loom side, and the said for use with loomswherein the filling is rethread is caught and held by the upturnedplenished automatically to sever the end of book. As the laycontinuesits forward movea fresh. supply of lilling between the selvagement the actuator (t engages the heel c and of the cloth and the hopperor battery which moves it forward (to the left in the drawings) containsthe supplies of fresh filling. against the action of the spring 5 sothat the The loom-frame A lay A breast-beam hook (2 draws the threadacross the blade (1/,

A having the temple-stand A, and the temand the thread is parted. Theheel c is ple shank or bar 3, adapted to slide in the brought intoengagementwith the abutment 40 stand, may be and are of usualconstruction, b on the temple-shank after such operation the templebeing moved back or toward the of the parting means, and as the laycomlay bythe usual'spring S. (See dottedlines, pletes its forwardmovement the temple is Fig. 3.) moved thereby toward the breast-beam orThe pod B is slotted at a to receive an upforward. 5 right steel bladea, which is secured at its By effecting the operation of the partingupper end, as at 20, Fig. 2, in the cap B submeans first the desiredparting of the thread stantially as in United States Patent No. isinsured, and the forward movement of the 585,-l65, dated June 20, 1897,and in the slot temple cannot take place first, inasmuch as in the pod Ihave herein shown a bar 0, bifur such movement of the temple is effectedby or through the actuation of the parting means. This arrangementprevents the operation of the parting means too tardily or not at all,as has sometimes been the case in former devices of this generalcharacter.

By locating the heel, as herein shown, above the temple rather thanbelow it the different parts are in plain view, so that errors ofadjustment can be readily seen and corrected and the.blow of theactuator 011 the lay is brought nearer the line of movement of thetemple-shank.

As in United States Patent No. 585,465, the

bar 0 first rocks on the ear I) and then slides, the rocking lifting thehook slightly before drawing it toward the blade at. The spring 8X givesa yielding movement to the heel 0 when it is actuated, so that it is notbrought up with a heavy shock against the abutment b on thetemple-shank.

Having described my invention, What I claim as new, and desire to secureby Letters Patent, is

1. A temple having a shank, a stand in which it slides, a fixed abutmenton the upper side of the shank, and an adjacent, yieldingly-controlledheel adapted when moved in one direction to engage the abutment andslide the shank inward.

2. A temple, a stand in which it is mounted to slide, thread-partingmeans carried by the temple, a movable member of said'means having anupturn ed heel, and means to engage the heel to successively operate thethread-parting means and slide the temple in its stand.

3. A reciprocating temple having an abutment, a blade, an upturned hookcooperating therewith and slidable on the temple, an upturned heelmovable with the hook and adapted to engage the abutment and move thetemple forward, and a spring to maintain the hook normally inoperative.

4:. A temple provided with an upright blade, combined with a slide-barhaving an upturned hook to cooperate with the blade, a shoe to slide onthe temple, and an upturned heel by which the slide-bar is actuated.

5. A reciprocating temple having a fixed, and a spring-controlledmovable thread-parting member, mounted upon it, the movable EDWARD S.STIMPSON.

Witnesses:

GEORGE OTIS DRAPER, ERNEST W. Woon.

